#4D495C#4D495C

#4D495C is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.032 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D495C
RGB	rgb(77, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(253, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(253, 21%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.07, 6.06, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.07, 12.19, 299.83°)
OKLab	oklab(41.67% 0.0132 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(41.67% 0.032 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3745, 7.1155, 11.1081)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D495C #585C49

analogous

#494F5C #4D495C #57495C

triadic

#4D495C #5C4D49 #495C4D

tetradic

#4D495C #5C494F #585C49 #495C57

square

#4D495C #5C494F #585C49 #495C57

split-complementary

#4D495C #5C5749 #4F5C49

monochromatic

#141318 #302E3A #4D495C #6A647E #88839D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#4D495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#4D495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D495C

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D495C	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454B5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.032 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b8a',
    500: '#4d495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d495c;
$custom-light: #7f7b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 11.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41667,
    "c": 0.03165,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D495C

secondary

#868B76

accent

#B473A7

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEDF0

border

#C9C8CB

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D495C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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